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100 greatest hip hop songs of all time

Posted September 30, 2008 by Tim Henley Comment on this article Leave a comment

Throughout the month of October, VH1 will be counting down the 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time. The viewers helped decide who made the list and who didn’t. Below are the songs that were selected.

  1. Public Enemy – “Fight The Power”
  2. Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s Delight”
  3. Dr. Dre – “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang”
  4. Run-DMC and Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
  5. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – “The Message”
  6. N.W.A. – “Straight Outta Compton”
  7. Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
  8. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Gin and Juice”
  9. Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It “
  10. Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
  11. Jay-Z / “Hard Knock Life”
  12. L.L. Cool J – “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
  13. Wu-Tang Clan- “C.R.E.A.M.”
  14. Tupac – “I Get Around “
  15. Eminem – “Stan “
  16. Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”
  17. Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back”
  18. 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
  19. Ice T – “Colors”
  20. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
  21. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force – “Planet Rock”
  22. Naughty By Nature – “OPP”
  23. Outkast – “B.O.B.”
  24. Eric B and Rakim – “Paid in Full”
  25. Fugees – “Killing Me Softly”
  26. MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
  27. Beastie Boys – “Hold it Now, Hit it”
  28. Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day”
  29. Digital Underground – “The Humpty Dance”
  30. Tribe Called Quest – “Check the Rhime”
  31. Kool Moe Dee – “How Ya Like Me Now”
  32. Puff Daddy & The Family “It’s All About The Benjamins”
  33. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”
  34. Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain
  35. Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love – “Ladies First”
  36. Nelly – “Hot In Herre”
  37. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – “It Takes Two”
  38. Coolio – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
  39. Tone-Loc – “Wild Thing”
  40. Run-DMC – “It’s Like That”
  41. Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
  42. Roxanne Shante – “Roxanne’s Revenge”
  43. The Game and 50 Cent – “Hate It or Love It”
  44. Method Man and Mary J. Blige – “I’ll Be There For You
  45. Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
  46. De La Soul – “Me, Myself, And I”
  47. Young MC – “Bust A Move”
  48. Nas – “One Love”
  49. Boogie Down Productions – “My Philosophy”
  50. Lil’ Wayne – “Tha Block Is Hot”
  51. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – “The Show”
  52. Foxy Brown and Jay-Z – “I’ll Be”
  53. Lox, DMX and Lil’ Kim – “Money, Power, Respect”
  54. MC Lyte – “Cha Cha Cha”
  55. Terror Squad, Fat Joe and Remy – “Lean Back”
  56. Busta Rhymes – “Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check”
  57. Big Daddy Kane – “I Get the Job Done”
  58. Ludacris and Shawna – “What’s Your Fantasy”
  59. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
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